On Corpus Christi’s Northside, Monica Leal sits at her sewing machine with needle in hand and fabric stacked high around her. At 82 years old, she has no plans of slowing down.
“I’m still here at 82, because I love it,” Leal said.
Monica and her daughter Lucille Salinas run Lumonis, a small dress shop on Leopard Street with a big purpose. The mother-daughter duo spends the entire year creating elaborate gowns for the coronation of Las Doñas de la Corte during the Buc Days celebration…